Grain-bagger



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G. ANDERSON. GRAIN BAGGER.'

' No. 513,700. Patented Jan. so, 1894..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV ANDERSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

GRAIN-BAGGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,700, dated January 30, 1894.

Application led March 14,1893. Serial No. 465,984. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUs'rAv ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Baggers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and'use the same.

My invention relates to grain-baggers and has for its object to provide an improved article of this class. To this end, my invention consists of certain novel features 0f construction, which will be hereinafter fully described and be defined in the claims.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention, wherein, like letters referring to like parts- Figure l is a right side elevation of my bagger with some parts broken away, and Fig. 2 is a front view, partly in elevation and partly in section, with some parts broken away.

. A is the body of the bagger, which is providedwit-h a pair of divergent discharge chutes or legs a. Above the j unction of the discharge legs is pivoted a shunt valve B, the shaft of which extends outward through the front of the case and is provided with a hand-lever B for operating the same. This shunt valve B is located at a suflicient distance above the angle formed by the junction of the two discharge legs to give clearance below the valve for the grain to back up from the filled bag as C into the empty bag as C', if necessary, thereby preventing the accumulating grain from backing up beyond the shunt valve and interfering With the action of the grain-meter, which is ordinarily used in connection with such baggers. n

B2 is a pivoted drop or depending iexible iiap secured to the shunt valve B or its shaft, which acts as a deiiector, to prevent any scattering grain from falling into the bagless leg, while a filled bag is being removed; and which will yield, if necessary, to permit the accumulated grain to pass over from the filled to the empty bag on the bagger. I have found in practice, that such an arrangement of the shunt valve and bagger-legs, with respect to cach other, is an important advantage in this class of machines.

The lower ends of the bagger-legs are provided with one or more annular surfaces a', one or more retaining ianges a2, with which the mouth of the bag may be engaged, and with a projection or clamping surface as, over which the gathered part of the bag mouth may be lapped or twisted, and to which it may be secured, by a suitable clamping device D, for holding the bag in position on the bagger. The clamp D is carried on a movable carrier D', which works under friction adapting the same to remain in whatever position it may be set. As shown, the clamp carrier D is in the form of a pivoted hand-lever,

which is pivoted to the case and worksv between a pair of yielding spring guide-bars D2, suitably spaced apart from each other and secured to the body of the bagger. These bars are set to give the necessary friction to the leverD. rlhe spring-clamp D and the clampcarrier D and the guide-bars D2 are all preferably made of metal. The projecting arms a3 are located respectively at the right and left corners of the bagger-legs; and the clampcarrier and its guide-bars are at the sides of the bagger. The mouth of the bag is engaged over the retaining surfaces and flanges a', drawn tight and the gathered portion given a lap or twist over the projecting arm a3, and

the clamp D is then thrown down by the handlever D and made to engage with the gathered part of the mouth bag and the said arm aB thereby securely holding the bag in position,with the strain evenly distributed around the entire margin of the bag-mouth. When removing the bag, it is only necessary to throw up the clamp carrier where it will remain ready for use on attaching the next empty bag.

The upper part of the bagger body is shown as of the form adapted for use in connection with grain-meters on a thrashing machine; but the same could, of course, be made of any desired shape and the grain be supplied thereto in any suitable way.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

1. In a grain bagger, a discharge waste provided with divergent discharge chutes or legs,

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for the attachment of the bags, and a shunt Valve in the said waste at a point above the junction or angle of the said legs, with a clear space between the said valve and the said angle, whereby the grain can back up and pass over from the filled to the empty sack.

2. The combination with the discharge waste and discharge legs of the shunt Valve located above the angle of the legs, and a drop carried by the pivot shaft of the said valve, adapted to act as a detlector to properly direct the grain, and to yield, ou back pressure, to permit the grain to back up from the filled into the empty sack, substantially as described.

3. In a grain bagger, the combination with a support for the mouth of the bag, of a pair of yielding or spring guide bars and a pivoted clamp-lever working between the said bars under friction therefrom, and a spring clamp carried by the said lever for securing the bag to the said support.

4. In a grain bagger, the combination with the grain discharge chute provided with projections for engaging the mouth of the bag, one of which is in the form of an arm over which the mouth of the bag may be gathered and lapped and twisted, a pair of spring guide bars, and a pivoted clamp lever working between said bars under slight friction, and provided with a spring clamp for engaging said arm, and clamping the twist or lap of the bag mouth thereto, substantially as described.

5. In a grain bagger, the combination with a discharge chute having one or more marginal flanges with which the mouth of the bag may be engaged and provided with a proj ecting arm over which the mouth of the bag may be gathered and lapped, of a pair of yielding or spring guide bars on the bagger and a clamp lever pivoted to the bagger and Working through said guide-bars under friction and provided with a spring clamp engageable with the said arm for securing the lap of the bag mouth thereto.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAV ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

JAS. F. WILLIAMSON, E. F. ELMORE. 

